Order Number Fourteen from the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety

minnesota commission of public safety bt paul nov 27 1917 to the county directors mayors chiefs of police city and village clerks t notice is given that order number fourteen of the minnesota commission of public safety relating to pool and billiard halls and public dance halls has this 27th day of november been amended by changing the hour of closing as prescribed by the order from ten o'clock p.lff to el1vbn o'clock lmf a copy of the order as amended and of the opinion of the attorney general interpreting the public dance hall provisions thereof follows h w libby secretary ordbr number fourteen the minnesota commission of public safety finds declares and orders as follows 1 from and after the date of this order all licensed pool halls and pool rooms billiard halls and billiard rooms within the state of minnesota shall be closed and kept closed on sundays and shall be closed and kept closed on each secular day from 11 o1 clock p.m and shall not open prior to 8 o'clock a.m of the next secular day 2 from and after the date of this order the operation of public dance halls in the state of minnesota on sunday is prohibited and on all other days such dance halls shall close at 11 o clock p.m and shall not open prior to 8 o'clock a m , of the following day a public dance within the meaning of this order shall be taken to be any room place or space open to public patronage generally and without invitation and in which dancing wherein the public may par ticipate is carried on and to which admission may be had by the public generally by payment either directly or indirectly of an admission fee or price for dancing and where the receipts from the business are for the private gain of the person firm or corporation conducting such dance hall the council of other governing body of each and every munici pality of the state shall forthwith enact and appropriate ordinance or ordinances embodying the provisions hereof and providing suitable penalties for violations dated this sixth day of november 1917 j a a burnquist h w libby secretary governor and sx~officio chairman of the minnesota commission of public safety l rel state of minnesota legal department saint paul nov 14 1917 ? order no 14 of the minnesota commission of public safety relating to dance halls seems to be misunderstood by many it applies only to such dance halls as are conducted for gain for their owners or proprietors and are commercial enterprises they are defined and reg ulated by sections numbered 8686 to 8695s which are assembled under the sub-title danee halls in the general statutes of minnesota 1913 the definition there found is the one used in substance in order no 14 ?Çó the order has no application to dances conducted by lodges societies and social clubs or organizations it does apply to such as are regulated by the sections of the statutes above referred to and conducted as a business lyndon a smith attorney general ;

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minnesota commission of public safety bt paul nov 27 1917 to the county directors mayors chiefs of police city and village clerks t notice is given that order number fourteen of the minnesota commission of public safety relating to pool and billiard halls and public dance halls has this 27th day of november been amended by changing the hour of closing as prescribed by the order from ten o'clock p.lff to el1vbn o'clock lmf a copy of the order as amended and of the opinion of the attorney general interpreting the public dance hall provisions thereof follows h w libby secretary ordbr number fourteen the minnesota commission of public safety finds declares and orders as follows 1 from and after the date of this order all licensed pool halls and pool rooms billiard halls and billiard rooms within the state of minnesota shall be closed and kept closed on sundays and shall be closed and kept closed on each secular day from 11 o1 clock p.m and shall not open prior to 8 o'clock a.m of the next secular day 2 from and after the date of this order the operation of public dance halls in the state of minnesota on sunday is prohibited and on all other days such dance halls shall close at 11 o clock p.m and shall not open prior to 8 o'clock a m , of the following day a public dance within the meaning of this order shall be taken to be any room place or space open to public patronage generally and without invitation and in which dancing wherein the public may par ticipate is carried on and to which admission may be had by the public generally by payment either directly or indirectly of an admission fee or price for dancing and where the receipts from the business are for the private gain of the person firm or corporation conducting such dance hall the council of other governing body of each and every munici pality of the state shall forthwith enact and appropriate ordinance or ordinances embodying the provisions hereof and providing suitable penalties for violations dated this sixth day of november 1917 j a a burnquist h w libby secretary governor and sx~officio chairman of the minnesota commission of public safety l rel state of minnesota legal department saint paul nov 14 1917 ? order no 14 of the minnesota commission of public safety relating to dance halls seems to be misunderstood by many it applies only to such dance halls as are conducted for gain for their owners or proprietors and are commercial enterprises they are defined and reg ulated by sections numbered 8686 to 8695s which are assembled under the sub-title danee halls in the general statutes of minnesota 1913 the definition there found is the one used in substance in order no 14 ?Çó the order has no application to dances conducted by lodges societies and social clubs or organizations it does apply to such as are regulated by the sections of the statutes above referred to and conducted as a business lyndon a smith attorney general ;